The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-02-23
met you at church lost night. That
was q remarkably pretty girl you had

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4 With you.
answered, s Yes, and as good as she
I was pretty and them seeing that he was
i Inclined for a gossip, invited him into
/ the parlor.
/ I told him all I knew Of Miriam, which
1 really was not much, but " hat seemed to
tfoaule him the most was that Miriam
vas Engaged 10 be married to Charles
/ al c1ntsre, the young man whom, no
s6oHbt, Mr.. Brown had frequently seen
calling thcre, and they were only Waiting
for Afcint gre promotion -he was Is clerk
III tho post Office to bring it about.
0ne tlaltig I did not forget toilet him
know and that was that the Cavendishes
yare very poor
After this bat on the other side OF the
street there WIS connection. Tho first
4 wa caise3 bs flle affi9al If a beatitifut
I bolfe1tat, vi ila only card Inscribed ( From
as5Ap Then cane abaslset elcostly
.frui the ssEae way, without any chances
/ og que tioIgii3g he messenger
aHe short almost daily came some
! tlinsF ven 20 q CARLOAD OF groceries, and
asail ale, ana SO sent that they
.;eop rot hem away, without alb
Il ssol ia els ia them into the * rect
: E'iss fas sshes eatl net naiae
md were aalls
lasit
i n Is NlIu f05 tllstaa tllI
old iady looked upon them as IS from
heaven, and eeeepted biihdiy, While ]
/ wondered asslntGh tssever.
Could Brown be in love with Afifinm
and afraid to declare it2 Absurd he
was old, ugly, queer, and, | found out
when offered to take him oyerto Mrs.
Cavendish's, and introduce him, he per.
enlpsorily declined.
And now comes the strongest part of
all, and the end.
One morning, / was startled by the
screams Of Norah, and l rushed up to
Mr.. Brown room to filsd@him stretched
senseless on the floor, just under the
window, whore he had, doubtless, fallen
While looking out.
We got him on tho bed, and Norah
ran for Or. King, who pronounced it
apoplexX and said that he might re-
cover for a WHILE but the attack was
fatal.
He did recover consciousness md
| speech in q few hours, and babe nae send
Il message .er O. certain lawyer. When
the lawyer came, he and pr. King were
closeteu with Mr.. Brown for several hours,
ard then / and emo OF my dodgers were
called IN to witness u will.
For three days Mr.. Brown fingered
and | must say that Noraha and I did our
duty by him, as well as the doctor, and
saw the poor fellow, who the lawyer
said had neither friends nor relations
in the whole world, quietly laid to
rest
He requested us all that we have his
will read Immediately after his funeral,
and that Miss Miriam Cavendish be
present at the reading
| was not surprised at all this; and
yet, nc the same time, when, the day
before, / had whisperlngly asked him
IL he would like to see Miriam, that
IL ho would I would bring her over
he had SHAKEN his head In frightened
manuer, and had turned his face to the
tNaH.
The viii was read, and after enamer-
atins his property, which footed up to
neiris milton, everything was left to
Slirafa 6ayeadlsh, with the provlse that
she was never 70 marry, and II she re
fused L upon these terms then search
was to be made for Ellen Moore, OF 49,,
- county, New Hampshre-and the
whole given to her or her heirs. Failing
this. ha gayo it to hospitals ana various
charities, which h0 named. The con-
s. r + iaeIa a'safa.es-
ia leaving my property to Ellen
Moore. / leave It with my forgiveness for
the cruel way that she treated mo over
thirty years ago, way that drove me
from my native land and made my life
wreck. and for further explanation, l re-
fer Ter, il living, to my letter accompany
ing this will
II shall refuse this bequest,p said
Miriam. q am engaged TO be married,
and Iwouidnot break it for all the wealth
OF the world.
Ana J, sad old Mrs. Cavendisli, who
had come over with her daughter, "elaim
70 as Ellen Moore, of tho town of -,
---- county, New Hampshire, though |
never knew any one by the namc OF
Ralph Brown"
"Thowill is made and signed by Walter
Gray. said The lawyer quietly.
0hw exclaimed the old lady, ex-
citealy. l thought no was dead long
ago
II forgot, mamma, that your name was
once Moore, said Miriam.
Thcn Mr.. Browns letter was read.
IL vas aBg, but the short Of 1t was that
hofold h0w. when he was eighteen, he
hal fallen in love with Ellen Moore, and
beiag rejected, he had left home changed
Lis name. and had ever since been
waaderer on the face OF the earth.
Ho had become rich in California, and
WAS on his way back to MS native town,
when, one day, walking through the
city. he had seen Miriam, who 50 startled
bin bv her likeness to his early love,
Ellen Moore, that he followed her, found
ont where sho lived, and from that mo-
ment his infatuation was uncomfortable,
though he felt 30 disposition to approach
her nearer than he had, and died in ig-
norance as 10 who she really was.
Mrs. Cayendish gave her own explana-
ton of Walter Gray's letter.
"When | knew Walter, over thirty
years ago, no was shop-boy, and was
not earning enough to keep himself, let
alone n wife, while my father was rich
and an officer IN the Navy. He fell In
love with me- and ! laughed at and dis
missed him, and that is all.
. He disappeared, and have not heard
from him until to-day. l afterwards
married Mr.. Cavendish, and when III
fortune overlook us we came here, and,
OF course, poor Gray could not recognize
In Miriam anything more than what he
thought the chance resemblance to Ellen
Moore"
Ellen Moore took Walter Gray's wealth,
and her daughter married Mcintyre.
while NoraE and each took small
legacy which Mr., Brown had willed 10.
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